The UP Board set up in the year 1921 conducted its first examination in 1923. The UP Board set up at Allahabad by an act of United Provinces Legislative Council conducts board exams for both class 10 and 12 students. The UP Board was the first in India to have adopted the 10+2 system of examination since the very beginning.

The first public examination after 10 years education is High School Examination and after the 10+2 stage, there is Intermediate Examination.

The UP Board currently head quartered at Allahabad has four Regional Offices of the Board at Meerut, Varanasi, Bareilly and Allahabad under the control of Regional Secretaries. At present there are 9121 secondary schools recognized by the U.P. Board of High School and Intermediate Education.

The Board is currently preparing the results of nearly 32 lakh students who appeared for the 10th and 12th class examination in the month of March 2012.

The UP Board had conducted the 10th class examination from 1 March 2012. The UP Board 10th class examination was completed by 21 March.

In 2011, an overall pass percentage of 70.82% was recorded as against the 70.79% in 2010 thereby indicating below average performance of the students. Around 498218 were declared passed and around 15.38% of students failed in one subject in 2011. The girls performed better than the boys.

UP Board Class 10 Result likely to be declared on 8th June 2012